Vanilla Sky (2001)

Tom Cruise: David Aames

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• [last lines to Sofia] 

  David : Do you remember what you told me once? That every passing minute is a another chance to turn it all around.

  Sofía : I'll find you again.

  David : I'll see you in another life... when we are both cats.

• Julie : [Desperately]  You fucked me four times the other night, David! You've been inside me!

  David : [Not taking her seriously yet]  Julie...

  Julie : I swallowed your cum! That means something!

• David : The little things... there's nothing bigger, is there?

• David : Look at us. I'm frozen and you're dead, and I love you.

  Sofía : It's a problem.

  David : I lost you when I got in that car. I'm sorry.

• David : My dreams are a cruel joke. They taunt me. Even in my dreams I'm an idiot... who knows he's about to wake up to reality. If I could only avoid sleep. But I can't. I try to tell myself what to dream. I try to dream that I am flying. Something free. It never works...

• David : I want to live a real life... I don't want to dream any longer.

• David : My father wrote about this in his book. Chapter 1... Page 1... Paragraph 1: What is the answer to 99 out of 100 questions?... Money.

• [David receives his facial prosthetic] 

  Dr. Pomeranz : It's a helpful unit.

  David : Good. Because for a minute there, I thought we were talking about

  [shouts] 

  David : a fucking mask!

  Dr. Pomeranz : It's only a mask... if you treat it that way.

  David : Oh, no. It's great. This completely takes care of Hallowe'en. But what about the other 364 days of the year?

• Dr. Curtis McCabe : And you didn't immediately wanna sleep with her?

  David : Well, you know, I'm a pleasure delayer.

• Dr. Curtis McCabe : You do understand that our time is limited, don't you?

  David : If I talk... you'll just think I'm crazy.

  Dr. Curtis McCabe : With all the possible respect I can offer a man wearing a latex mask and spouting conspiracy theories, David, believe me, you've crossed that bridge.

• David : We almost died.

  Brian : I know. My own death was right there in front of me and you know what happened? Your life flashed before my eyes.

  David : How was it?

  Brian : Almost worth dying for...

• David : I like your life.

  Sofía : Well, it's mine and you can't have it!

• David : Somebody died. It was me.

• Sofía : I have to get some sleep. Truthfully, I also work as a dental assistant.

  David : Boy, am I going to the wrong dentist!

• David : [has taken the mask off and is ordering drinks from a large barman at the club]  Give me a Budweiser and a shot of tequila

  Barman : [avoiding eye contact with David]  What kind of tequila?

  David : [trying to make eye contact]  What did you say to me?

  Barman : [Still avoiding looking at David]  I said, what kind of tequila?

  David : Why don't you ask me to my face, bitch?

  Barman : [finally makes eye contact] 

  David : Patron, if you have it

  David : [later]  Another shot, another Bud

  Barman : [pouring shot]  This one's on the house

  David : Why?

  Barman : It just is

  [locks eyes with Daivd] 

  Barman : bitch.

• Brian : [after they had a near fatal crash with a Mack truck]  My own death was right there in front of me, and do you know what happened? YOUR life flashed before my eyes.

  David : How was it?

  Brian : Almost worth dying for.

• David : You're a shrink! You gotta be better than that!

  Dr. Curtis McCabe : Let's not stereotype each other. Not all rich kids are soulless, and not all psychologists care about dreams.

• Sofía : What about you? What's your nickname?

  David : Citizen Dildo.

  Sofía : Hmm. You are not staying over.

• David : I wanna wake up! Tech support! It's a nightmare! Tech support! Tech support!

• [Sofía is taking David's mask off] 

  David : How bad is it?

  Sofía : ...Well... your ears are in the right place... And the rest of it... is not bad at all. It's perfect!

• David : Even in my dreams I feel like an idiot who's about to wake up.

• Edmund : Consequences, David. It's the little things.

  David : The little things... there's nothing bigger, is there?

• David : And to whom do I owe this pleasure?

  Sofía : The pleasure of Sofia Serrano.

• Thomas Tipp : But I say this with complete love. Claim your life. Learn to be an asshole. Don't...

  David : Two's enough.

  Thomas Tipp : Forgive me. But I still believe in this family, David, even if it's only you.

• David : I wasn't hitting on Sophia.

  Brian : Oh, fine. Whatever you say. I'm crazy. I'm blind.

  David : You're not blind, you're drinking Jack Daniels, and when you drink Jack you start in with that, "Frank Sinatra, she shot me down, give me a cigarette, King of Sad" thing.

  Brian : That I do. Give me a cigarette.

  David : I'll find one.

  Brian : But wait. You're rich and women love you, and I'm from Ohio and I'm drunk. Can I tell you the truth?

  David : Everybody does.

  Brian : I dig her. And I've never said this to you before about any girl, but she could be - could be, could be, could be - the girl of my fucking dreams.

  David : You're not from Ohio.

  Brian : I know. But if she fucks up our friendship, she can go to hell. I won't allow it. We are bros.

  David : I feel the same way.

  Brian : Sure you do.

• David : These? These are more than headaches. These are steel plates slicing through my every thought.

• David : I WANNA WAKE UP!

• David : [to Dr. McCabe]  What's the answer to 99 out of 100 questions?... Money!

• [ALTERNATE ENDING: David and Edmond arrive on the roof of the Life Extensions building] 

  Edmund : Look, I tried to warn you in the bar. I told you, "You must exercise control of yourself". That it all depended on your mind. I gave you Technical Support. I gave you everything. I even gave you a theme song by Paul McCartney which is very hard material to acquire.

  David : So all I have to do is imagine something. Like if I wanted McCabe to come back right now...

  [as if on cue, McCabe bursts through the doors that David and Edmond have just exited] 

  Dr. Curtis McCabe : Listen to me. These people are dangerous. We're in trouble. We need to get off this roof now.

  Edmund : Now, your subconscious did create promise. Your dream turned into a nightmare and this gentleman was able to uncover the fabric of our work. The glitch has been corrected and we do apologize.

  Dr. Curtis McCabe : Now, David, I tell you this with my heart and my soul, this is a con man and we're going downstairs and we look for people. Come on.

  [begins heading for the exit] 

  Edmund : Take no notice of him. It's not real. He has no real feelings. He's no more real than the image of John Coltrane in your living room.

  Dr. Curtis McCabe : [having heard this, McCabe turns back angrily]  I'll kill you, you fuck. What do you know about mankind? What do you know about my feelings?

  Edmund : Easy, Doctor. You're a man of peace.

  Dr. Curtis McCabe : You son of a bitch. I'm an honored psychologist. I have two daughters and I will uncover this hoax with one-fiftieth of my intellect.

  [later, as David contemplates waking up by leaping off the building] 

  Dr. Curtis McCabe : David, you listen to everything I say now. You were right. This is the Seven Dwarves, they want you to commit suicide and if you jump, they win. "Take no notice" of me! "It's not real!" We've been set up! Please. Please, don't jump. You're like family to me.

  Edmund : Give yourself a little credit, David. Your attention to detail is -- it's magnificent. This stunning man is your creation. He's a very complex and winning manifestation of the loss of your father.

  Dr. Curtis McCabe : I'm not sure. I'm here.

  Edmund : Doctor. You created him to say goodbye and I must say, he's fabulous.

  [gesturing to his own clothes] 

  Edmund : Thank you for this suit as well! I would have never thought of it for myself.

  Dr. Curtis McCabe : I'm real. I have two daughters! You know that.

  Edmund : And what are their names?

  [McCabe looks over to Edmund, confused at the question; Edmond presses his ear forward as if to say "I'm listening". McCabe looks to David who is also waiting for an answer] 

  Dr. Curtis McCabe : [shrugs]  I'm real. I'm... I'm... mortality as home entertainment? THIS CANNOT BE THE FUTURE! Can it? CAN IT?

  [McCabe collapses to the ground, overwhelmed by this revelation] 

• David : See, I've got this little problem. I've got a stalker.

  Sofía : It doesn't sound life threatening.

  David : But I need a cover. I need for you to pretend we're having a scintillating conversation, and you are wildly entertained.

  [Both laugh] 

  David : I know it's tough.

  Sofía : I'll improvise.

• David : Where's Sofia? WHERE IS SHE?

  Julie : I AM SOFIA.

• David : Doc, once you've been driven off a bridge at 80 miles an hour, somehow you don't invite happiness in without a full body search.

• David : [looking at himself in the mirror] 

  Guy in Bathroom : Dude, fix your fucking face.

  [friend laughs] 

  David : [starts laughing] 

• Brian : I'm going to say this once, because this is the last time we're ever going to talk. I was your only friend

  David : You have revealed yourself to me.

• Julie : Don't you realise David, that when you sleep with someone your body makes a promise even if your mind does not?

  David : [gives her an odd look] 

• David : I can't believe you just said that. That is what I love about you. Only you would say something like that.

  [Sofia looks uneasy] 

  David : You'll meet me in another life when we are both cats! Cats! Ha-ha! Meow!

• David : He never watched television, and yet his biggest magazine is still the TV Digest.

• David : Thomas Tipp was right; people will read again.

• David : Is it me?

• David : Say everything now, now, now, now.

• Julie : If I wasn't me, I'd buy my album.

  David : You know, if you can reach one person.

• David : [Referring to his board of directors]  Who could I trust? The ants are taking over the ant hill. Who could I trust?

• David : How do you think watertight contracts are broken?

• David : You weren't invited...

• Julie : Why did you tell Brian I was your "Fuckbuddy"?

  David : I never said that.

• David : The sweet and sour speech again?

• Sofía : [Holding a CD in each hand]  Do you want to listen to Jeff Buckley or Vikki Carr?

  David : Jeff Buckley or Vikki Carr. Both simultaneously.

• Dr. Curtis McCabe : Do you know why you're here?

  David : Conversation, the coffee...

  Dr. Curtis McCabe : David, the part where we parry and joust... and get to know each other bit by bit... No. No can do. We'll have to skip that because you've been charged with murder. In four weeks, a judge will determine your fate based on what I write. So you will talk to me.

  David : There is no murder. THERE IS NO MURDER! IT NEVER HAPPENED! I DON'T HAVE TO TALK TO ANYBODY!

• David : Technical Support!

• David : No. Tell me now.

  Sofía : I'll tell you later.

  David : If something's wrong please tell me now.

• [looking at a caricature sketch Sofia has drawn of him and laughing] 

  David : No, it's something that you'd see on a wall in a steak-house in *Hell*.

• David : [In Julia's car]  Let's go to your house and we'll talk or something. I want to see where you live.

• [David is tying Julie - claiming to be Sofia - to the bed] 

  David : [paraphrasing Julie from earlier]  I'm tying this knot *4 times* because *4 times* really means something!

• [while David is making love to Sofia, her face then turns into Julie] 

  Julie : [quoting David's father's book]  David was such a delight as a child.

  David : What the fuck... IS HAPPENING?

• Dr. Curtis McCabe : Tonight's Wednesday night... and I go to Black Angus for dinner with my two daughters on Wednesdays. So I'll have to leave soon. You do understand that our time is limited, don't you?

  [McCabe begins to exit the room] 

  David : If I talk... you'll just think I'm crazy.

  Dr. Curtis McCabe : With all the possible respect I can offer a man wearing a latex mask and spouting conspiracy theories, David... believe me, you've crossed that bridge.

  David : Enjoy your dinner.

• Julie : [Past the 3rd-Date stage of their relationship]  Would you do a Story on me if I made a CD?

  David : Sure I would.

  Julie : [Holds up a CD, keeps on driving] 

• Julie : Do you like my Music?

  CD : He comes together, I fall apart! La, la, la, la...

  David : It's vivid.

• David : I don't want to hear the story behind this photo.